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Originally posted by ncpl:
UspleasebeatGhanaOnThursday.

I guess you'll be needing a new name now then wink

Maybe:- We're coming home, we're coming home...

Sorry...couldn't resist.
If only the mod could allow this.
And now this message from bitterness. I hope Brazil pounds seven kinds of crap out of Ghana. Their constant, pitiful diving made Italy and Argentina look like the Weeble National Team. It wasn't as if they couldn't play, they just chose not to. That penalty was an embarrassment - it didn't change anything, thanks to Reyna's giveaway and the Czechs forgetting about the other two teams in the group. But it crushed the momentum of the game, as well as being completely laughable on the merit.

Time-wasting is one thing - that's the prerogative of a team that's ahead. Kasey Keller would have taken at least as long as Kingson on his goal kicks. But the amount of times the Ghanaian stretcher was rolled out would have turned Florence Nightingale into a screaming cynic. If Ghana thinks they will get a single one of those calls against Brazil, they are in for a pasting. And I for one will enjoy it. Let Ecuador be the adorable underdogs for this tournament.

Yeah, I know, Cameroon in 1990 was dirty as 2 Live Crew. But they didn't fake injuries, and they were beating on Argentina, and sympathy for the world champions at that time was difficult to come by. Had Ghana cheap-shotted us, they would have been lionized. They may still be, of course, but you'll have to apply their praise via magic sponge.
I don't see England coming out of second round.